The king finally wins the battle

The King's Speech emerged a winner at the Oscars 2011 yesterday. The film is based on how King George VI, played by Cloin Firth, overcame his stammer. It took home four awards, including the Best Actor and the Best Film. CS gives you some trivia on King George VI:

>>u00a0King George VI or Albert Frederick Arthur George was the ruler of the United Kingdom from December 11, 1936, to his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India, the last king of Ireland and the first Head of the Commonwealth.

>>u00a0He was not expected to become the king in the first place. However, he took over the reins when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry an American socialite, Wallis Simpson.u00a0

>>u00a0As a child, King George VI often suffered from ill health and was of a timid disposition. He had a stammer that lasted for many years.u00a0

>>u00a0He attended the Royal Naval College, Osborne, as a cadet. In 1911, he came bottom of the class in the final examination, but yet progressed to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.u00a0

>>u00a0When Edward VII died in 1910, Albert's father became King George V. Prince Edward was made Prince of Wales, and Albert was second in line to the throne.

>>u00a0After a dreadful public speech at British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on October 31, 1925, he began to see an Australian speech therapist. He delivered a successful opening address at Australia's Federal Parliament at Canberra in 1927.u00a0

>>u00a0After war broke out in September 1939, George VI and his wife resolved to stay in London. They narrowly escaped death when two German bombs exploded in a courtyard at Buckingham Palace whilst they were there.u00a0